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According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House.
In 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office.
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.
Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.
The Vice President Joseph Biden
Speaker of the House John Boehner
President pro tempore of the Senate Patrick Leahy
Secretary of State John Kerry
Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
Attorney General Eric Holder
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez
Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro
Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson (acting)
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
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When the president vice president and speaker of the house have all been incapacitated who becomes president?
The Sec. of State is next in line.
The president of the Senate is the vice president who is in office at that time.?
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Who becomes president once a vice president president elect resigns?
President then Vice President then Speaker of the House.
Is the vice president also speaker of the house?
No, the vice president is the president of U.S Senate.
Who is the vice president of New Mexico?
The Vice President of New Mexico is the Vice President of the United States, currently Joseph Biden.
Who succeeds the president if the vice president dies or resigns?
if the president dies then the vice president will succeeds
What happens if the President dies or is disabled?
If the President dies (or is permanently incapacitated), the Vice President succeeds to the Presidency for the remainder of the President's term. If there is sufficient time involved, a new Vice President will be nominated to serve the Vice President's term. If the President is alive but temporarily incapacitated, there is a complicated procedure for allowing the Vice President to act as Acting President temporarily, as spelled out in the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution. The amendment considers the cases where the President voluntarily yields his powers or when he does not, as well as the process of returning the powers to the President if he recovers.
Who succeeds the president if he cannot carry out the duties of the office?
The Vice President
Who succeeds the president if he can not fulfill the term of his Or her presidency?
The Vice President.
Who succeeds the president if he can not fulfill the term of his presidency?
the vice president
How far is the vice president from becoming president?
A single bullet, but seriously, if the president somehow "Dies" then the vice president succeeds him, or her.
Who succeeds the President if he is impeached and convicted?
If the President is impeached and convicted, the Vice President would succeed him. The Vice President would then assume the role of President for the remainder of the term.
What is the work of vice president?
President of the Senate and to be ready to serve as president in the event that the president becomes incapacitated or dies.
What is the highest office within the senate?
I think it may be the President pro tempore, as he is third in line if the President and the Vice President are killed or incapacitated.
If the president is incapacitated who becomes the president?
The vice president can serve as the president in this case. Amendment 25 specifies procedures to be followed if the president says he is unable to serve and voluntarily yields his power and if he does not think he is incapacitated and how he can get his power back if he recovers his capacities.
Who succeeds the Vice-President if he cannot carry out the duties of President if he were so appointed?
Speaker of the House
If the president is incapacitated for any reason the speaker of house will take his place?
First in line is the Vice-President.
